"Looking to die!!!"
A furious tiger's roar suddenly exploded.
Dai Huabin, who had been entangled with Wu Feng, now looked like a ferocious beast whose scales had been touched.
He completely ignored Wu Feng's dragon claw slashing toward his chest, as well as the several Soul Guidance Rays flying in from behind.
His third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, surged to its limit!
He spun around violently. The floor beneath him cracked instantly, and his entire body became a golden streak of light. He actually took every attack on his back and forced his way behind Zhu Lu.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Wu Feng's dragon claw and all kinds of Soul Skills slammed into Dai Huabin's back.
Even with the combined defenses of White Tiger Protection Barrier and Vajra Transformation, Dai Huabin couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood. He staggered.
But Dai Huabin didn't fall.
He spread his arms like an insurmountable mountain, shielding Zhu Lu tightly in his embrace.
Two Power Attack System students had swung their fists with all their strength.
Thud!
Dai Huabin took the two punches squarely in the chest.
With a muffled grunt, Dai Huabin held Zhu Lu tightly and slid several meters backward from the impact before finally coming to a stop.
"Hu... Huabin?"
Zhu Lu was completely stunned.
She couldn't feel any pain. All she felt was that warm, broad embrace and the familiar scent lingering beneath her nose, tinged with blood.
She raised her head and saw Dai Huabin looking down at her.
His golden hair hung in disarray. Blood smeared his handsome face, and a trace of blood still hung at the corner of his mouth. But in his eyes, fixed on her, there wasn't the slightest trace of pain—only concern and heartache so deep they seemed impossible to dispel.
"Are you all right?"
Dai Huabin's voice was a little hoarse, yet impossibly gentle.
"Sorry I'm late."
At that moment, Zhu Lu's heart gave a fierce tremble.
The noisy shouts and cries of battle around them seemed to vanish. In her world, only the man before her remained.
Would Huabin really risk his life for me?
The intense intimacy they had shared at the hotel two days ago now merged with the sight of him risking his life to protect her, completely igniting something deep within Zhu Lu's soul.
It was absolute trust, unreserved love, and the perfect resonance between two hearts in that instant.
"Huabin..."
Zhu Lu's eyes reddened. She wrapped her arms tightly around Dai Huabin's broad waist. Her Nether Civet Martial Soul seemed to sense its master's feelings and let out a cry of joy unlike any before.
Dai Huabin felt it too.
The White Tiger Martial Soul inside him was roaring wildly—not with anger, but with a yearning for something on the verge of perfection.
This feeling was a hundred times stronger than what he'd felt in bed two days ago!
"Lulu."
Dai Huabin wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth and revealed an utterly arrogant smile.
"Since they want to win so badly, let's show them what a... true Martial Soul Fusion Skill looks like!"
"Mm!"
Zhu Lu nodded firmly. In that moment, she would have been willing to die for him.
Their bodies pressed tightly together. No words were needed; their Soul Power connected in an instant.
Black and white light burst from their bodies, shooting into the sky. It intertwined and coiled together, then finally transformed into a storm so terrifying it left everyone breathless!
"Not good! Stop them! It's a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"
Ning Tian's face changed dramatically in the distance. She shouted with all her might.
But it was already too late.
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger!"
As the two spoke in unison, the entire No. 1 Soul Fighting Arena seemed to tremble.
Black and white light instantly swallowed everything.
A powerful aura, bearing the majesty of a king, swept across the arena without restraint.
The students who had been about to charge forward froze in place. Some even went weak in the knees and dropped straight to the ground.
This was absolute suppression by the quality of their Martial Souls!
The light faded.
A massive white tiger, over eight meters long and completely translucent, radiating a frigid aura, appeared in the center of the arena.
Its body was lithe, every muscle packed with explosive strength. Black stripes rippled across its transparent form, and its enormous eyes radiated a terrifying might.
But what shocked everyone most was its back.
That was...
"Oh my god! Wings! A tiger with wings!"
Below the platform, Wang Dong'er covered her mouth. Her beautiful, wide, powder-blue eyes opened round as saucers.
On the back of the enormous Hell White Tiger, a pair of broad wings slowly unfolded!
Its left wing was black as ink; its right, white as snow.
Its wings stretched ten meters across. With a gentle flap, the air around them seemed to tear, letting out a piercing boom.
"A tiger with wings? Th-this is impossible!"
Du Weilun, standing at the edge of the arena, was so shocked his glasses nearly fell off.
As a senior member of Shrek Academy, he had naturally read the school's history.
Ten thousand years ago, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of the first generation Shrek Seven Devils' leader, the God of War Dai Mubai, and the God of Speed Zhu Zhuqing, had evolved wings when their compatibility reached perfection in the later stages. They had gained the ability to fly, along with even greater offensive power.
That was a realm once reached by two deities!
And how old were these two children?
One was a three-ring Soul Master, the other a two-ring Soul Master?
They'd already evolved?
Before the crowd could recover from their shock, the winged Hell White Tiger moved.
Roar!
It raised its head and howled. Its wings beat fiercely.
Whoosh!
Its enormous body hovered more than ten meters above the ground.
It looked down upon the opponents on the platform, now frozen in terror. Its gaze was like a god looking down upon ants.
The light of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in Ning Tian's hand dimmed. She was trembling.
Though she was the young sect master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and though she was well-informed, in the face of this absolute power, she felt a profound helplessness for the first time.
This wasn't even a battle between equals!
The Hell White Tiger opened its enormous jaws.
Black and white Soul Power gathered wildly inside its mouth. The surrounding space began to distort violently, as though even the light itself were being swallowed.
This was a brand-new Soul Skill!
One unlocked only through perfect compatibility—Hell White Tiger Break!
"It's over!"
Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's voices overlapped, echoing across the arena.
Boom!!!
A black-and-white beam of light, over two meters in diameter and carrying an aura of utter annihilation, descended from the sky!
It wasn't aimed at any one person. Instead, it struck the center of the area where Ning Tian and the others stood.
Before the beam even hit the ground, its terrifying pressure had already sent the One-Ring Soul Masters tumbling.
"Quick! Defend! Everyone, defend!"
Ning Tian screamed and poured the last trace of her Soul Power through her Level 4 Soul Tool, granting everyone a defensive boost.
Wu Feng roared too, throwing herself in front of Ning Tian and trying to withstand the blow with her body.
Yet before Hell White Tiger Break, all of this was as fragile as paper.
The instant the beam struck the platform,
a terrifying shock wave spread outward in a ring. In its path, Soul Power barriers shattered, and figures were flung through the air.
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